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Thanks for the interesting article Martin! Reminds me of some research being done in Hawaii when I was working out there, reporting evidence of evolution taking place over decades rather than thousands of years.  Here's one report documenting bill reduction in I`iwi due to loss of their historic primary feeding source: http://www.life.illinois.edu/ib/443/Smith.pdf

Dan

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On Aug 9, 2011, at 9:30 AM, Martin Weiss wrote:



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> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/science/09mouse.html

>

> This is a well written, clear report on how scientists are observing

> and tracking evolution in real time; not eons and eons. It is a

> another example in addition to the example of bird beak size we use in

> our exhibition *Charlie and Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure*

> (http://www.nyscience.org/chareiandkiwi),

> that first demonstrated that we can see evolution occurring in real

> time. In addition, the article describes the need for scientists, to

> examine the stories people tell about evolution (sometimes aligned

> with Kipling's "Just So Stories") that may or may not be

> scientifically accurate. There are increasingly more and more studies

> that demonstrate that evolution can and does occur faster than

> millions and millions of years and that it is not process that is reserved for antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

>

> Please read!

>

> Martin

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